Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies.

ABSTRACT: Pro-environment policies require public support and engagement, but in countries such as the USA, public support for pro-environment policies remains low. Increasing public scientific literacy is unlikely to solve this, because increased scientific literacy does not guarantee increased acceptance of critical environmental issues (e.g. that climate change is occurring). We distinguish between scientific literacy (basic scientific knowledge) and endorsement of scientific inquiry (perceiving science as a valuable way of accumulating knowledge), and examine the relationship between people's endorsement of scientific inquiry and their support for pro-environment policy. Analysis of a large, publicly available dataset shows that support for pro-environment policies is more strongly related to en

SUBMITTER: Drummond A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5043319 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature